Once again as we inch closer to the NHL Entry Draft in Montreal various rumors have taken on a life of its own involving possible blockbuster trades that may happen on the draft floor this coming weekend. In past weeks such names as Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Briere, Ottawa Senators forwards Jason Spezza Dany Heatley [...]
Team Canada will have a new body behind their bench come February when they compete in Vancouver at the much-anticipated 2010 Olympics. As opposed to years past when Canada’s Olympic teams had names such as Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock and Marc Crawford leading the charge, it was announced that the man who will be appointed to [...]
Heading into this weekends NHL Entry Draft in Montreal don’t be surprised if the Ottawa Senators who pick ninth select former London Knight’s scoring forward Nazem Khadri. Ottawa who drastically underachieved this past season in missing the playoffs with 83 points have in three of the last five years used their first pick to select [...]
The only thing about being a sports fan that I find super painful is when a great athlete can’t admit that it’s time to retire. Being a long time Buffalo Sabres fan I always admired winger Dave Andreychuk who didn’t exactly have the smoothest skating stride but still carved out a boarder line hall of [...]
Even though he is no youngster at 47 years of age, veteran defenseman Chris Chelios has confirmed that he has indeed been asked by general manager Brian Burke to join the US Hockey squad as they take another run at winning a gold medal at the upcoming 2010 Olympics. For all you hockey fans who [...]
Veteran forward Mats Sundin, who played a huge role in helping Sweden win gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics made it clear on Sunday that he will not be playing this February for the defending champions. “There will be no Olympics in Vancouver for me next year,” Sundin who has scored 564 career goals in [...]
This was the kind of record that former NHL superstar Guy Lafleur could have done without. This five time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens who was a standout in scoring over 500 goals during a hall of fame career had his sentence handed down to him in a Montreal courtroom on Thursday afternoon. [...]
To no one’s shock it looks like the worst kept secret in the NHL is about to come true. After Brent Sutter decided to resign as the New Jersey Devils head coach this off season rumors began flying that this former owner, coach, and general manager of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey [...]
Surfing the various sports websites on Friday afternoon I was floored and felt pretty special that Mr. Hockey himself (Gordie Howe) believes exactly what I said in an earlier blog pertaining to how Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby didn’t snub the Detroit Red Wings. I still believe as I wrote last weekend that when the [...]
Las Vegas…. Lights, camera, action! The new home of the NHL Awards did not disappoint. The star studded event was all action. Even though the awards changed cities, the Ovechkin show continued just like last year in Toronto. Ovechkin was the talk of the town. He is bigger than life right now, and as he [...]
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